Littledean House of Correction

Overview

Details

Records

Overview

Prison Type   Local Prison -  House of Correction/Bridewell, Lock Up

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1791

Date closed   [1854]

Location   Church Street   Littledean

Map location   exact or closely approximate

County   Gloucestershire

Critical Remarks

From 1854, prison used as a police station and remand centre.

Prison Info

Prison Type   Local Prison

Jurisdiction   County

Date opened   1791

Date closed   [1854]

Location   Church Street   Littledean

Map location   exact or closely approximate
Lat.   51.82193  Long.   -2.47764

County   Gloucestershire

Critical Remarks

From 1854, prison used as a police station and remand centre.

Prisoner Statistics

 

Year 1818

Annual Committed   -   61

Daily Greatest number   -   13

 

Year 1823

Annual Committed   -   88

Daily Census   -   5

 

Year 1828

Annual Committed   -   79

Daily Census   -   7

 

Year 1833

Annual Committed   -   82

Daily Census   -   9

 

Year 1838

Annual Confined   -   116

Daily Census   -   13

 

Year 1843

Annual Confined   -   212

Daily Census   -   5

 

Year 1848

Annual Confined   -   296

Daily Daily average   -   20

 

Year 1853

Annual Confined   -   163

Daily Daily average   -   14

Principal Primary Sources

  • James Neild, The State of the Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales (London, 1812), p.151
  • Account of Gaols, Houses of Correction or Penitentiaries in the United Kingdom, 1818 (Parl. Papers, 1819, XVII.371), p.16
  • The Third Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1821), Appendix, p.23; Fifth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1823), Appendix, p.26; Sixth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1824), Appendix, p.39; Seventh Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1827), Appendix, p.47; Eighth Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, 1832), Appendix, p.14
  • Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1824, XIX.359), p.110; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1825, XXIII.1), p.104; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826, XXIV.1), p.100; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1826-27, XIX.365), p.94; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1828, XX.327), p.103; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1829, XIX.1), p.96; Reports and Schedules Pursuant To Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830, XXIV.1), p.91; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1830-31, XII.1), p.90; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1831-32. XXXIII.197), p.93; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1833, XXVIII.1), p.95; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1834, XLVI.1), p.89; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1835, XLIV.225), p.92; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1836, XLII.1), p.57; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837, XLV.1), p.61; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1837-8, XLIII.227), p.59; Reports Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.1), p.57; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1841, XVIII.1), p.60; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXXII.1), p.59; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1843, XLIII.1), p.66; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXXIX.403), p.60; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXXVII.417), p.70; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXXIV.187), p.69; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847, XLVII.297), p.74; Reports and Schedules Pursuant to Gaol Acts (Parl. Papers, 1847-48, LII.465), p.72
  • Abstract Return of Establishment and Expenditure of Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXXVIII.241), p.18
  • Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Third Report (Parl. Papers, 1837-38, XXXI.177), p.49; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifth Report (Parl. Papers, 1840, XXV.721), p.95; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Seventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1842, XXI.193), p.127; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Ninth Report (Parl. Papers, 1844, XXIX.391), p.187; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Tenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1845, XXIV.207), p.176; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eleventh Report (Parl. Papers, 1846, XXI.565), p.163; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Twelfth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXV.1), p.174; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Thirteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1847-8, XXXVI.133), p.129; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Fifteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1850, XXVIII.579), p.143; Inspectors of Prisons of Great Britain III. Southern and Western District, Eighteenth Report (Parl. Papers, 1852-53, LII.113), p.93

Secondary Sources

  • http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp159-173

Management

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/20

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Answers to Queries from Quarter Sessions as to schedule for hard labour, by Governor and Keepers of Prisons

Dates: 1842


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/CR/27/48-128

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Houses of Correction. Original half-yearly returns (with a few drafts and copies) from Keepers to Clerk of the Peace

Dates: 1847-1860


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/11-12

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Copy orders of Quarter Sessions respecting the new Gaol, Penitentiary House and Houses of Correction

Dates: 1789-1823


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/SO/12-21

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Order books. Contain material on the administration of the county prisons. The catalogue describes contents of some books in substantial detail.

Dates: 1799-1868


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/19

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Reports of Governor of County Gaol and Keepers of the Houses of Correction to Quarter Sessions. Also, draft reports from Chairman of Quarter Sessions to the Secretary of State. With some reports of Visiting Justices

Dates: 1825-1887


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/2/1-2

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Visiting Justices order books (called Keeper's order book)

Dates: 1791-1853


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/1/1

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Visiting Justices journal

Dates: 1791-1831


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/1/2

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Visiting Justices minute book

Dates: 1844-1887


Finance

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/5

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Cash book

Dates: 1791-1835


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/6

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Quarterly accounts

Dates: 1844-1874


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/7/1-8

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Weekly provisions accounts

Dates: 1844-1887


Daily Business

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/20

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Medical officer's register (of admissions)

Dates: 1844-1854


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/17/1-3

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Chaplain's books

Dates: 1816-1839


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/3/1

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Day book (called Chaplain's day book, and contains chaplain's journal, 1805-15, and note of recipients of 'The Great Importances of a Religious Life' 1816-23)

Dates: 1791-1827


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/17/4-7

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Chaplain's journals (with prisoners' character books, 1844-50)

Dates: 1839-1884


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/3/3

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Governor's journal

Dates: 1837-1844


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/4

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Governor's letter book

Dates: 1844-1853


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/3/2

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Keeper's day book

Dates: 1827-1837


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/3/4-5

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Keeper's journals

Dates: 1844-1854


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/21/1-2

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Matron's journals

Dates: 1844-1854


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/22/1-3

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Schoolmasters' journals

Dates: 1844-1877


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/23

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Schoolmistress's journal

Dates: 1844-1851


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/18/1-2

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Surgeon's books

Dates: 1806-1838


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/18/3

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Surgeon's journal

Dates: 1842-1848


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/10/1-5

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Dietary books

Dates: 1839-1887


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/12

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Punishment book

Dates: 1844-1853


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/13

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Labour book

Dates: 1844-1847


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/18/4

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Medical officer's diary, 1848 (with diet tables, 1851-53)

Dates: 1848-1853


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/8

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Bread book

Dates: 1826-1834


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/9

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Clothing book

Dates: 1844-1854


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/19

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Medical officer's journal

Dates: 1844-1854


Staff

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/30/2, 33-34

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Applications for posts at Littledean House of Correction (chaplain, turnkey, wardsman)

Dates: 1844-1848


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/34

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Charges by Turnkey against Keeper of Littledean Prison

Dates: 1847


Prisoners

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/16/1-8

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Prison registers

Dates: 1791-1923


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D10657

Collection: None

Description: Letter written by prisoner at Littledean Gaol

Dates: None


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/11/1-2

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Prisoners' property books (male and female)

Dates: 1844-1854


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/14

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Discharged prisoners book

Dates: 1875-1899


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/Gli/15

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Index to prisoners

Dates: 1844-1911


Land & Buildings

Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/AA/B10

Collection: Gloucestershire County Council

Description: Littledean House of Correction, plan, section, elevation as existing

Dates: 1874


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/AA/B8

Collection: Gloucestershire County Council

Description: Littledean House of Correction, plan, section, elevation for shed to enclose treadmill

Dates: 1842


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: C/AA/B9

Collection: Gloucestershire County Council

Description: Littledean House of Correction, plans, sections and elevations of alterations

Dates: 1844


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: D2593/2/61

Collection: Fulljames and Waller of Gloucester, Architects

Description: Littledean, enlargement of Gaol

Dates: 1844-1846


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/AG/4

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Building plans (original), Littledean

Dates: c.1785-1909


Archive name: Gloucestershire Archives

Catalogue ref: Q/RUm/202

Collection: Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

Description: Cheltenham, Oxford and London junction railway. Plan and section (volume), book of reference. Includes Northleach 'gaol' and almshouses

Dates: 1845